Archive for January, 2008

QuickScale 3.5.1

At this moment, you can download QuickScale 3.5.1 (note: Leopard users only).

QuickScale 3.5.1 contains a little bug-fix with the convert-tool.

If you have created some droplets, you should remake them with the new QuickScale.

Download:
- Tiger
- Leopard

This update is a free update for registered users.

QuickScale 3.5 is online!

Hi,

Just a very short post.
QuickScale 3.5 is downloadable, download it now!
A free update for all the pro users! Like always.

Release note:

  • [Feature] It is now possible to create ‘QuickScale Droplets’ – More information
  • [Feature] You can now totally customize the name of the new images using various tokens like date, index-number, time and more
  • [Feature] QuickScale now has the possibility to export with the original filetype
  • [Feature] You can now set the number of digits of the index-token
  • [Feature] Improved Location with more options
  • [Feature] Added the possibility to remember subfolders when exporting
  • [Feature] Added preferences item: Color Rendering Intent
  • [Feature] Scale option ‘Mixed’ has options to scale to longest or shortest size
  • [Feature] QuickScale has now icns Support
  • [Bug Fixed] Exporting: Overwrite without warning could result in a crash

QuickScale 3.5: Improved Location and Filetype

Just two more improved functions in QuickScales.
Features that really are missed in QuickScale 3.4

Lets give an example, you have a lot of images and you want to have a thumb version of every image in the same directory. With QuickScale 3.4, you would export to ‘custom location’, set the ‘custom name’ and select the directory… With QuickScale 3.5, you can simply select the ‘original location’.

In QuickScale 3.5 you can chose between 3 export location.

Original location: Export to the same directory of the image
Existing folder Export to an existing folder, QuickScale will just ask you to select this directory
New folder: QuickScale will ask for a name of this folder and will create this. The exported images will be saved in this folder.

qs 3.5 location.png

And now something about the filetype.
With QuickScale 3.4, you are obligated to select a filetype and QuickScale will convert every image to this filetype. But what if you create a droplet and you drops a mix of PNGs and JPGs? Yes, QuickScale 3.4 will convert those images to the JPG-fletype.
With QuickScale 3.5 is it possible to keep the filetype, lets say, if you drop a mix of JPGs and PNGs, QuickScale will save the JGPs as JPG and the PNGs as PNG. Very simple and useful.

qs 3.5 filetype.png

QuickScale 3.5: ‘Custom name’ improved

A feature that I wanted to have a long time ago in QuickScale is the possibility to set a custom name, completely like you want to have it.

In the current QuickScale, you can just enter a prefix and a suffix. Between the prefix and the suffix there is the index. OKay, this is very boring… We are living in 2008, right? With QuickScale 3.5 it is possible to generate every format that is possible.
I’ve created a list with a lot of tokens, like the index, the original filename and time/date options.
You can just type a text and add tokens in one edit-field. With this method, you can create any combination that is wanted.

qs 3.5 tokens.png

Just want to stay with the old Prefix_index_suffix style? Just type ‘Prefix_’, add the ‘Index Number’-token and type ‘_suffix’. Want to have a clean export folder? Export with a name with the format: ‘Export_index_day_month_year’, like below.

3.5_mixed.png

You can see that you can do a lot with the new ‘custom name’ in QuickScale 3.5!

Note: QuickScale 3.5 will be downloadable in a few days!

I hope you like this feature!

A beta of the droplets-feature

Hi,

Happy New Year!

In a previous article I talked about a new feature in QuickScale; Droplets.

QuickScale 3.5 will be online in a few days, but I want to share the new feature already with you.
I’ve created 2 droplets that are downloadable.
The first droplet is an JPG converter. It convert every image to an image with the same size but with the JPG architecture.
The second droplet convert the images with a maximum size of 500×500px.

With QuickScale 3.5 you can create the droplets the way that you want, just with a single mouse click.

Just drop some images on the application icon and watch! I’m sure that you will like this feature.

Note: those etas are still beta until 3.5 is released.

Available droplets:

Please let me know if you like those droplets.



Categories